Can the 1050 be used to sort primer pocket sizes ?

[Hammer1]

Can the Dillon 1050 be used to sort primer pocket sizes on the 45 ACP ?

Assume the 1050 is setup for 45 ACP with large primers.

Without modifying the press at all...

Will the feel of the press at the primer pocket swaging station be enough to know when you have a small primer pocket case ?

Then just remove the case at that station and keep going.

Assumes a slow methodical rate of production.

[zzt]

Yes. You can also tell if you are trying to seat a primer sideways.

[Alan550]

There's all sorts of caveats here too. Unless you remove the ratchet mechanism, you won't be able to back it up enough to get the case out. If you DO take out the ratchet, and are in a normal loading sequence, you won't get a full re-size, powder drop, seat or crimp because the shell plate will advance when/if you raise the handle & shell plate all the way back up.

If you don't go all the way back up, there's also a chance of having partial and a complete powder drop both in a case doing this since the powder slide could go far enough to drop part of the "load" the first time.

I'd think just doing a visual check before dumping in the brass would be a better idea........JMO....$.02

Alan~^~